Platform setup
Where to Find Your YouTube Live Stream Key
Find your YouTube Live stream key in YouTube Studio, create the live event, and paste the key into Streamdzy.
The short answer
In YouTube Studio choose Create, then Go live, and open the stream settings for the stream key. Copy it and paste it under Settings, Go live in Streamdzy.
How to do it in Streamdzy
- Open the platform’s live or creator settings and copy the stream key and address it shows.
- In Streamdzy, open Settings, Go live, add the place once, and paste the key.
- Connect a camera or a phone, then run a short private test and listen to the sound.
- Tick the places for the show and press Go live. Keep the key private.
What to know first
Platform menus change. If a name has moved, search the platform’s own help for “stream key”. Each key is kept encrypted on your PC.
Questions
Why is YouTube not showing a stream key?
Live streaming may need to be turned on for the channel first. Check YouTube Studio’s live settings.
Want all of this in one app?
Streamdzy is a free streaming and recording app for Windows: several cameras, your phone as a camera, going live to many places at once, and recording first so a bad connection never costs you the show.